Chris Wolf talks about the tools that are used to increase virtual server performance. Later, virtualization platform decision points are covered with emphasis on OS and application compatibility and support, high availability, automation and management. 

In this videocast, learn how to ensure high availability (HA) to meet end user needs. Discover how virtualization software helps ensure optimal HA and get tips to plan for your high availability requirements. Find out how to combine virtualization software with servers and planning time to reach high levels of availability. 

This podcast offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production. 

In this videocast, learn how virtualization can benefit your disaster recovery and high availability strategy. Discover the differences between physical and virtual environments and learn about architectural considerations to support virtualization. 

Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 servers provide excellent RAS characteristics that are ideal for maximizing the uptime of business-critical IT services. Highly reliable parts and a relatively low total component count minimize the risk of system errors. 

In this videocast, learn how to implement a cost-effective, efficient disaster recovery (DR) plan with virtualization. Discover 4 different DR methods that work with virtualization to help prevent future disasters. Learn how to plan for DR by defining requirements and assigning application inventory to service levels. 

This podcast explores several virtualization applications, and details 10 common use cases for virtualization and it can help your company improve their IT infrastructure. Discover how to enhance your disaster recovery and high availability plans without draining the IT budget. 

This document focuses on each level of security, starting at the server level and working our way down to database objects such as Server Security, Database Security, Schema Security and Object Security. 

Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know? 

This paper shows the value of combining Oracle software with Intel Xeon processors on Dell PowerEdge servers. It begins with an overview of the collaboration that created these synergies, before detailing the major areas where they are manifest to end-customers: intelligent performance, automated energy efficiency, and flexible virtualization. 

This white paper introduces the Server Manager console and will help you find your way around it, so that you can get up to speed with Server 2008 quickly. 

In this presentation transcript, learn how to ensure high availability (HA) to meet end user needs. Discover how virtualization software helps ensure optimal HA and get tips to plan for your high availability requirements. Find out how to combine virtualization software with servers and planning time to reach high levels of availability.